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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 30, 2010Mathews County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2010, 5:47 AM EDT for Mathews County, Virginia. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2010, 5:47 AM EDT (09:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2010, 6:05 AM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mathews County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 30, 4:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 30, 5:26 AM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 5:26 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 5:13 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 3:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
339 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

NCZ015>017-032-VAZ093-095>097-300845-
CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH
VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-SUFFOLK VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
339 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

AT 338 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH TO
WHITEHALL SHORES...OR FROM DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH TO WEEKSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHURCHLAND AROUND 345 AM EDT...
  WESTERN BRANCH AROUND 350 AM EDT...
  SOUTH MILLS AROUND 355 AM EDT...
  CRITTENDEN AROUND 400 AM EDT...
  DRIVER AROUND 405 AM EDT...

EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 3698 7661 3697 7649 3689 7647 3692 7644
      3690 7638 3693 7634 3696 7633 3696 7626
      3622 7608 3627 7613 3627 7618 3625 7613
      3622 7613 3619 7607 3615 7606 3614 7630

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 29, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk	56 min
Sep 29, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		24 min
Sep 29, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth	65 min
Sep 29, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, City of Williamsburg	64 min
Sep 29, 10:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 4 more	2 hr
Sep 30, 12:03 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	42 min
Sep 30, 12:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk	34 min
Sep 30, 12:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	27 min
Sep 30, 12:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson	31 min
Sep 30, 1:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 25 more	81 min
Sep 30, 3:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 36 more	89 min
Sep 30, 3:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth	66 min
Sep 30, 3:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	25 min
Sep 30, 4:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		58 min
Sep 30, 4:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	30 min
Sep 30, 4:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	32 min
Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Sep 30, 5:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	32 min
Sep 30, 5:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more	3 hr
Sep 30, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		82 min
Sep 30, 6:27 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	25 min
Sep 30, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		85 min
Sep 30, 7:06 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland	29 hr
Sep 30, 7:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	13 min
Sep 30, 7:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 30, 8:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	18 min
Sep 30, 8:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more	3 hr
Sep 30, 9:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Surry	14 min
Sep 30, 9:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City, New Kent	26 min
Sep 30, 9:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	24 min
Sep 30, 9:56 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	16 min
Sep 30, 10:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 23 more	12 hr
Sep 30, 12:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	15 min
Sep 30, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		89 min
Sep 30, 5:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	40 hr
Sep 30, 6:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 19 more	4 hr
Sep 29, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	55 min
Sep 29, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	66 min
Sep 29, 11:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank	40 min
Sep 29, 11:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gates	41 min
Sep 30, 12:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Pasquotank	28 min
Sep 30, 12:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	36 min
Sep 30, 1:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	37 min
Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	82 min
Sep 30, 3:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Bertie	5 days
Sep 30, 4:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	35 min
Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	31 min
Sep 30, 5:18 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	42 min
Sep 30, 5:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	51 min
Sep 30, 8:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck	21 min
Sep 30, 7:40 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.